AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGNS

Thailand, Afghanistan: Victims of Trafficking | Oral Statement to the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council

Full PDF Version Video Stream Available Here (starts at 2:03:00) Organization:              Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 3 – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children Date:                           9 June … [Read more...]

Canada’s Forgotten Child Hostages | Op-ed by Catherine Morris

Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman were travelling in Central Asia when they were captured in Afghanistan in 2012. This family is no less entitled to protection against human rights violations than diplomats, aid workers or journalists. Full PDF Version Canada’s forgotten child hostages … [Read more...]

Video: Torture and Canada-US Relations

February 12, 2009 The Coalition for the Equal Treatment of Canadians Detained Abroad organized a speakers’ lunch on "Torture and Canada-US Relations" for press and parliamentarians on Parliament Hill, 12 February 2009. LRWC Director Maureen Webb was a featured speaker along with Amnesty … [Read more...]